The Florida Panthers are not very good. But for 17 minutes on New Year's Eve they were great.
Jaromir Jagr manufactured two goals in those 17 minutes and the Panther power play added a third as Florida piled up an absurd SOG total of 20 with three minutes remaining in the first period. The Stars could not keep pace with the pacey Panthers, and the start was the complete inverse of what happened at the AAC Thursday when Dallas blasted Colorado early.
That was enough to win the hockey game tonight. 17 great minutes by the Florida Panthers and their great player, most people's favorite of all-time, Jaromir Jagr.